COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONThis is a heavy-duty 9% abv red ale with a profusion of hop flavor and aroma. This beer is as big and proud as Texas. Because we add almost two pounds of American hops per barrel very late in the beer making process, The Imperial Texan is able to retain a wondrously piney and resinous hop character that perfectly balances its smooth but strong and dry malt backbone. This beer has a sticky presence that puts each sip perfectly on the tongue.

On tap at BTBF. Pours with a very lightly hazed amber hued body with a lasting off-white head. Aromas are of grassy and resin hop flavors with tangerine and light caramel. Relatively clean ester wise. Flavors are sweet, caramel, grassy and tangerine. Not my favorite combination (sweet crystal malt + hops), but its not bad for the style. High carbonation.

Can at home. Pours a slightly hazy reddish gold with a persistent thin off white head. Aroma is very hoppy - pine, slight citrus, and more pine. Some maltiness also. Flavor follows. Very bitter. Really in the Imperial IPA but with a reddish hue. Nice beer. Sweet sticky finish.

This is the biggest beer I have tasted. The 100 IBU's really linger on the tongue. It's such a full bodied beer that you can sit on one can for an hour. Each mouthful is to be savoured as this is a flavour bomb. Totally divine. This is my favourite beer. And it's very good value for money.

This thing doesn’t hit as hard as you would expect from a 9.7%, but introduces a ton of flavor as it flows. The finish is distinctly grapefruit but in no way offensive. It’s almost too-drinkable for an ale so strong. Love every sip.

16 oz. can. Pours a medium, we’ll retained, light beige head, with extensive lacing, over a slightly hazy, dark amber (SRM 15) body.......nose is pine, resin, toasted malts, balance to the hops......taste is very slightly sweet to start, with barest hints of toffee/caramel, then strong pine, resin, citrus peel, arrive, finishing with strong hop bitterness, no esters, balance to the hops......moth feel, medium body, sticky, alcohol warmth present, carbonation adds tingle, and light acid. This is a very hop heavy, dominated, beer balanced back by just enough malts. The hops are not overly complex in either aroma or flavor, but they are very definitely American. BJCPP 7/3/14/4/7

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